# Bad Influence story: Santiago explains YaFSDP, an open-source tool for faster multi-GPU LLM training

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-12 11:45. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/4e81e037-fcd8-4f2f-97c7-57c6ba2cb30a

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Latest update (11-12 11:45): Santiago explains YaFSDP, an open-source tool for faster multi-GPU LLM training

Overview: Santiago, on X, explains YaFSDP, an open-source tool for training large language models across multiple GPUs. He says it reuses memory and transfers model data while the GPUs run other calculations, which makes training faster.

Yandex says that training Llama 3 70B on 256 A100 GPUs took about 26% less time than with PyTorch FSDP. The 26% figure comes from Yandex, not from Santiago's post.

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1. 11-12 11:45 · Santiago · [Santiago explains YaFSDP, an open-source tool for faster multi-GPU LLM training](https://badinfluence.news/items/n355s17mfnzoyws8jbhqlp1qj)
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